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Harold F. Kress (1913–1999)

Educated at UCLA, Harold F. Kress entered the film business in the late 1930s as an editor. Although he directed a few documentaries and made a stab at directing features, his real niche was as an editor, and he became one of the most respected editors in the industry, winning an Academy Award for editing How the West Was Won and another for The Towering Inferno. See full bio »

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Filmography

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1978 The Swarm
 
1977 Viva Knievel! (as Harold Kress)
 
1976 Gator
 
1972 Stand Up and Be Counted (as Harold Kress)
 
1971 The Horsemen
 
1968 Star Spangled Salesman (documentary short)
 
1967 The Ambushers
 
1967 Luv
 
1966 Alvarez Kelly
 
1963 It Happened at the World's Fair (uncredited)
 
1962 How the West Was Won (film editor)
 
1961 King of Kings
 
1958 Merry Andrew
 
1957 Until They Sail
 
1957 Silk Stockings
 
1956 The Rack
 
1955 The Cobweb
 
1955 The Prodigal
 
1954 Green Fire
 
1954 Rose Marie
 
1953 Saadia
 
1953 Ride, Vaquero!
 
1946 The Yearling (film editor)
 
1944 Dragon Seed
 
1943 Madame Curie (film editor)
 
1943 Cabin in the Sky (film editor)
 
1942 Random Harvest (film editor)
 
1942 Mrs. Miniver (film editor)
 
1941 Unholy Partners
 
1941 Rage in Heaven
 
1940 Comrade X (film editor)
 
1940 Bitter Sweet (film editor)
 
1940 New Moon
 
1939 Remember? (film editor)
 
1939 These Glamour Girls (film editor)
 
1939 It's a Wonderful World (film editor)
 
1939 Broadway Serenade (film editor)
 
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1952 Apache War Smoke (as Harold Kress)
 
1945 Purity Squad (short) (as Harold Kress)
 
1945 Watchtower Over Tomorrow (short) (as Harold Kress)
 
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1970 I Walk the Line (supervising editor)
 
1970 Cromwell (second unit director - as Harold Kress)
 
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1968 The Wrecking Crew (associate producer)
 
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1965 The Filmmaker (documentary short)
Himself (as Harold Kress)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2001 He Walks in Beauty: The George Stevens Production 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' (video documentary short)
Himself (as Harold Kress)
 

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Trivia:

Father of film editor Carl Kress. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer